Gibraltar Gold Horse

In Australian horse racing, backing three horses in a race dramatically shortens the odds you are really betting — the board price is not your price. Philip Roy answered a reader who wanted to d...

Favourites win around 30 per cent of races and lose the other 70 — which is why betting every favourite in Australian horse racing grinds you down. A writer going by Mr Money took that apart for Pr...

You can back winners all year in Australian horse racing and still finish the year behind — that is a staking problem, not a selection problem. Philip Roy wrote about it for Practical Punting in Ma...

Framing your own betting market in Australian horse racing means putting a price on a horse yourself — estimating its percentage chance, just as a bookmaker does. Denton Jardine wrote this one for ...

A bookmaker's price is only an opinion — which is where framing your own betting market in Australian horse racing starts. Denton Jardine wrote this one for Practical Punting in August 1995, and he...

Ten per cent profit on turnover would make most professional punters in Australian horse racing ecstatic — and most, in fact, profit closer to five. Rick, who fits out hotels and offices for a livi...

Trainer Brian Smith and breeder Frank Tagg hope to strike more gold during the Brisbane winter carnival following Arctic's impressive victory at Eagle Farm.Arctic looked well above average storming...

Four-year-old The Zeebac can complete a meteoric rise this campaign and start the new year with a win in the Listed Bagot Handicap at Flemington.Eligible for class one races at the start of his pre...

Four-year-old The Zeebac can complete a meteoric rise this campaign and start the new year with a win in the Listed Bagot Handicap at Flemington.Eligible for class one races at the start of his pre...

Rock Of Gibraltar filly Red Belly Black is Magic Millions-bound after making an impressive debut at Flemington.One of the cheapest horses in David Hayes' stable, the chestnut repaid the $25,000 she...

Beautifully-bred four-year-old Lovetrista, part-owned by top New Zealand breeder Sir Patrick Hogan and his wife, finally fulfilled her potential when she captured the Group Two Waikato Times Gold C...

The spell dates, that is the days between starts, for some horses are a real worry for the punter.This weekend there are two horses racing at Caulfield that fit this worrying pattern. In race two K...